When I first got my 3d printer, I started dabbling with some small items as I was excited to get some stuff made!
I had bought into a few stl file kickstarters to get files ready to go when it arrived. One of the first kickstarters I delved into was Warlayer.
These computer consoles were part of it & I finally got them painted up. There were 3 versions available.
Now as you can see I still seem to be having some issues which I don't know the cause of...perhaps those who are more savvy with 3d printing can provide some pointers.
However I am not about to just turf these into the trash...they can be used, just don't look too closely. Next I thought about the screens, I was not about to paint graphs & images on them, so off to the internet I went & tracked down a bunch of computer screen images. Brought them into Powerpoint & reduced them down, creating a page of computer graphics to use.
I then used a couple of my old military map templates to size & cut each graphic to apply to the screen. At this point I dip the piece into water & then apply white glue which becomes watery too. Then insert onto the screen & burnish it down..you do need to be careful however as the paper will easily smudge (see the front left screen in the image above). I then allowed them to dry & returned the next day.
Looking at them I decided to go with a retro look, which will look good for Steampunk, In Her Majesty's Name, Pulp style games.
Of course we had to have a photo op with the console beside a mad scientist!
As to what's next? I am working on the bases for the other Core Space figures I got in the Kickstarter...which is 3 more trader crews, more Purge, Some Police types & Gangers. Thanks for visiting.
With the dullcoat applied, these are the last 2 figures from the core set of Core Space.
So having not read the rules as of yet, from what I've seen from some of the Core Space posts I've read, these civilians can potentially join your crew during a mission. If they make it to the exit with you they can then become permanent members of said crew.
Which now sees getting the game set up to have a play through to learn those rules. I've also started the next sets of expansion figures & am currently working on their bases.
Had a good paint session Friday where I managed to finish off the Purge Live One & got a start on the Core Set Civilians
For the Live One, I went for using a light pale green (Nurgle Flesh possibly) followed by some contrast paint over all but the palms of the hands. Then touched up some of the raised areas with watered down pale green.
I then completed Butler, one of the 3 civilian NPC's
This leaves me the 2 remaining Civilians to complete the core set. Hope to get those started tomorrow.
Continuing to work on the Purge, here is the 2nd Devastator & the Assassin.
I tried applying Dull coat on the guy, however the temp was below 15C & when i brought him in, he immediately frosted....& this was with the Testor's Dullocoat!
So I just repainted his red & metal pieces to hide the offending frosting. So now it comes to whether having left him in the garage until dried it would have not frosted, or just the temperature. Going forward I will just play it safe & only spray over 15C, & wait for it to dry out there.
With that resolved I also painted up the Assassin. From what I've read about these guys, you don't want to be the one in charge when they arrive.
I was also looking at the background for the creation of the game, they originally planned on using black for these guys. As I have another from the Kickstarter, I think I will use black when I do paint it, just to see how it pans out.
I am now well into painting the Live One, & then that just leaves the 3 civilians from the core set. After that it will be terrain prep (colouring the edging) & building. Then I hope to set up & play through a solo game. We shall see.
